CVE-2026-65640
WordPress is vulnerable to a remote code execution vulnerability via malicious Postscript file upload by an Author level user or higher. Prerequisites: *...
- Published
- Aug 17, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 18, 2026
- Assigning CNA
- hackerone
- Evidence observed
- Aug 21, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 79.0%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
WordPress is vulnerable to a remote code execution vulnerability via malicious Postscript file upload by an Author level user or higher. Prerequisites: * Imagick and Ghostscript in use on the server * A malicious user with the `upload_files` capability This issue affects all versions of WordPress. Version 7.0.4 has been released, containing a fix for the vulnerability, and as a courtesy to users on older branches the fix has been backported to all branches back to 4.7.
Sources
1WordPress Core <= 7.0.3 - Authenticated (Author+) Remote Code Execution via Malicious File Upload
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